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The launch of a report highlighting the role endemic disease reduction can play in reducing methane emissions from ruminants has been welcomed by Animal Health and Welfare NI (AHWNI).

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Minister Poots has launched his consultation document aimed at tackling Bovine TB Launching a consultation document at CAFRE’s Greenmount campus on the Department’s proposed implementation and next steps of a bTB Eradication Strategy for NI, Minister Poots said: “I recognise the challenges that face all of us due to the current high TB incidence. It is the source of significant stress for our farming families and has the potential to inflict serious damage on the wider agri-food industry ...

April 21, 2021 9:32 pm The EU’s new Animal Health Law, which brings Bovine viral diarrhea (BVD) into legislation for the first time, will have implications for Northern Ireland’s eradication programme. Just under a third (31.6%) of Northern Ireland herds currently do not meet the required criteria to be considered BVD-free. Animal Health Law The Animal Health Law regulates transmissible animal diseases and is applicable from today (April 21, 2021). The extensive regulation is designed to pr...

Unannounced inspections to check that Bovine Viral Diarrhoea (BVD) positive animals are being isolated will soon start, the NI government has confirmed.

January 21, 2021 2:56 pm New, unannounced inspections to check that bovine viral diarrhoea (BVD) positive animals are being isolated are set to begin in Northern Ireland over the next few weeks. The Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA) announced herds which retain a BVD-positive animal will be visited by DAERA inspectors to confirm compliance with the 2016 BVD Order. The order requires isolation “within housing to prevent direct or indirect contact with other susce...

December 15, 2020 11:36 am Eradicating BVD is within reach for Northern Ireland – but the final push will need everyone committed to the cause, the Ulster Farmers’ Union (UFU) has said. It comes as Animal Health and Welfare Northern Ireland (AHWNI) announced that the number of herds retaining BVD Positive cattle for more than five weeks has dropped below 100 for the first time. UFU deputy president William Irvine said: “The figures from AHWNI are testament to the ongoing focus that farm...